Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride. An Absolutely Amazing Christmas Story.

Title: Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride. An Absolutely Amazing Christmas Story.
Author: Lesley Bricusse
Illustrated by Errol Le Cain
Publisher: Faber and Faber: London; Boston. 
Published Date: First edition. 1987. Large format. 
 
Brown cloth with black lettering on the spine in an unclipped, pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Eleven colour plates and black and white illustrations by Errol Le Cain. "This sparkling poem tells how wars, bureaucracy and politics make life more and more difficult for Santa Claus. Leslie Bricusse's witty verses are perfectly matched with Errol Le Cain's delectable illustrations to make a sumptuous picture book"In the story Father Christmas has a very "bad night" on 24th December 1993; the elves have trouble with the new gadgetry, the sleigh gets hijacked and to cap it all he gets a parking ticket in London!